district 9

District 9 was one of the most anticipated movies coming out in 2009. Word on the street said it was directed by Halo director, Neill Blomkamp, which brought a lot of talk on how magnificent the movie was supposedly suppose to turn out. The writers, Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell, wrote a blood-splattering action flick and sneaky-funny science fiction comedy that brought intelligence and suspension into this anticipated film.

The film brought great attraction with the understanding of it being a “sleeper hit” for its unrecognized cast and low-budget production. The film also brought great interest in my eyes as it included a mind-wondering plot line. District 9 was a little confusing to understand at first but towards the middle of it all things started coming thru with a change of knowledge as understanding of the film came into place.

Viewers to this sci-fi film might accept it to be a violent concept towards the “prawns” and support how they were being treated while I saw it as an act of unkindness. The “prawns”, I believe, should be treated the way we’d want ourselves to be treated. District 9 showed a poverty-lived lifestyle for the aliens and it also showed a way of how humans attempted to take control over the “prawns” by confining them in an area and later attempt to evict and relocate the aliens into a different location. The leader for this eviction is WIkus Van De Merwe. He later determines how the aliens feel as he himself transforms into one himself by accident. He is later forced into using his new self in libratory testing as a weapon against the aliens. Wikus later understands the horrible lifestyle taken place by the “prawns” and turns out helping them out.

The main theme or message of District 9 in my opinion is that showing how someone who is absolutely convinced that they are different from others can end up being just like them in the end. In a sense it is brought up because it serves as a warning to the viewers to not act unkindly and brutal to others, also that humans are responsible to not inherent violent and prejudice towards others. District 9 has a spiritual input towards the viewers, such as when Wlkus Van De Merwe sacrificed himself to save the "prawns" is the same idea when Jesus sacrificed himself and died in the cross to save us from all our sins.

Andriyah Burgos